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Matias Leandro Andina
Education
PhD. Student, Neuroscience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts, USA
Current - 2021
MSc., Neuroscience
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Massachusetts, USA
2018 - 2016
Biology Degree
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, ARG
2015 - 2010
Skills
Biological Domain Expertise
Rodent behavior, thermoregulation, energy balance, neural circuits.
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Experimental Design
Skilled at evaluating scientific evidence, hypothesis generation and designing relevant experiments.
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Quantitative Analysis
R (tidyverse, GLMMs), Python (numpy/polars/pandas, scikit-learn), signal processing, time-series, behavioral analysis.
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Machine Learning
Automated sleep/behavior state scoring with a custom ML pipeline. Achieved ~150x speedup per electrode (5h → 2min) and ~1500x throughput boost across multi-electrode sessions, enabling full-cohort analysis within minutes rather than days.
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Experimental & Technical
Rodent surgery (stereotaxic, abdominal), telemetry systems, sensor integration, open hardware design.
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Tool-building
R/Python package development and pipelines, documentation, reproducible workflows, Git/GitHub.
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Project Management
Managed multi-device experiments and analysis pipelines involving hundreds of mice per project. Mentored 10+ trainees.
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Selected Publications
Two spaced training trials induce associative ERK-dependent long term memory in Neohelice granulata.
Behavioral Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113132
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2021
- Ojea Ramos S., Andina M., Romano A., Feld, M
Interleukin-17a restores sociability in several mouse models for neurodevelopmental disorders.
Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1843-6
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2020
- Reed M.D., Yim Y.S., (…), Andina M., (…), Huh J.R., Choi G.B.
Complete publication list at Google Scholar.
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record and Teaching Assistant roles in neuroscience and statistics.
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2023 - 2016
Selected Conferences
Interleukin-17a restores sociability in several mouse models for neurodevelopmental disorders.
Society For Neuroscience
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2019
- Reed M.D., Yim Y.S., (…), Andina M., (…), Huh J.R., Choi G.B
Complete conference list in this archive.
Selected Awards
Picower Neurological Disorder Research Fund
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2024 - 2022
- Secured $75,000 to lead a collaborative research effort
Arete Fellowship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2021
- Participated on weekly seminars in Effective Altruism discussion panel
Presidential Fellowship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2021
- Secured $43,000 to fund my PhD research
Complete award list in this archive.
Mentoring
Mentoring Undergraduates and Technicians
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Current - 2017
- 8 years of mentoring students and technicians across experimental design, open-source hardware/software (FedWatcher), R/Python analysis, and rodent surgical methods. Experienced in onboarding, training, and supporting junior researchers across projects of varying technical complexity.
Selected Talks & Invited Lectures
Building a user-driven database of open neuroscience projects
Organisation for Human Brain Mapping
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2021
- bit.ly/OHBM-21-MLA
Data Visualization
Harvard Philantrophy Advisory Fellowship
Massachusetts, USA
2019
- bit.ly/PAF-2019-MLA
Software Development
I have a strong commitment towards using and developing open source tools.
FedWatcher
Open-source Python tool enabling real-time closed-loop communication with FED3 behavioral devices. Used to automate feeding, fasting, and stimulus-delivery paradigms in rodent experiments. https://github.com/matiasandina/FEDWatcher
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uid
R package for preprocessing, cleaning, and analyzing high-resolution telemetry data (temperature, activity) from rodent monitoring systems. Includes data QC, interpolation, artifact removal, and downsampling. https://github.com/matiasandina/uid
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nobrainr
R package providing fast visualization tools for Mouse Allen Brain Atlas plate drawing, useful for figure preparation and exploratory analysis. https://github.com/matiasandina/nobrainr
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Complete List of Software at Github.